Industry News
LED and the Social Transformation to “Tech”
Ted KonnerthGuest post by Ted Konnerth, President/CEO of Egret Consulting Group I just returned from speaking at Strategies in Light. SiL is the largest conference dedicated to LED. My topic…
February 2010 Construction at $846.2 Billion Annual Rate
Construction spending during February 2010 was estimated at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $846.2 billion, 1.3% lower than the revised January 2010 estimate of $857.8 billion and 12.8% below…
Product Monday: City Of Bradenton Beach, Florida Installs Turtle-Friendly Solar-Powered, Decorative LED Street Lights
In January, 2010, the city of Bradenton Beach, Florida, along the central Gulf Coast adjacent Sarasota and Bradenton, completed an installation that everyone can appreciate. They replaced 100W high-pressure sodium…
Architectural SSL Covers KFC/Taco Bell That Uses Almost All White LED Lighting
Yum! Brands, parent of KFC, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell, Long John Silver’s and other brands, is the world’s largest restaurant company with more than 36,000 restaurants in over 110 countries.…
March Issues of LightNOW Published
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Cree Announces New Line of LED Modules
Cree has announced that it is introducing a series of LED modules designed to accelerate the adoption of LED lighting by traditional luminaire manufacturers and speed time-to-market for their new…
GE and Konica Minolta to Show General Lighting-Quality Flexible OLEDs at LIGHTFAIR
GE Lighting has announced that it is previewing potential OLED lighting application ideas during two industry trade shows this year, Light + Building 2010 in Frankfurt, Germany and LightFair 2010…
Jim Brodrick on Round 9 CALiPER LED Product Testing
Guest post by Jim Brodrick, DOE [Recently], DOE published the latest round of test results for the Commercially Available LED Product Evaluation and Reporting (CALiPER) program, which provides an ongoing…
Toshiba Ceases Manufacture of Incandescent Lamps
PC World has reported that Toshiba has ended production of mass-market incandescent light bulbs after 120 years of making them. The company will focus on energy-efficient products such as LED.…
ASHRAE Launches Pilot Building Energy Labeling Program
A new program to inform building owners and operators, tenants and prospective buyers on the energy use of buildings, similar to a nutrition label on food or miles per gallon…
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